Famous People with Name Polk

Shawntinice Polk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shawntinice Polk: was an American basketball player who played for the University of Arizona.

Trusten Polk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Trusten Polk: served as both the 12th Governor of Missouri in 1857 and U.S. Senator from 1857 to 1862.Polk was expelled from the U.S. Senate January 10, 1862, for his support of the South in the American Civil War. He was appointed as a colonel in the Confederate State

Charles Polk, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Polk, Jr.: was an American farmer and politician from Big Stone Beach, in Milford Hundred, Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and later the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and twice as Governor of Delaware.

Albert Fawcett Polk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Fawcett Polk: was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware and later, Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware. In 1899 Polk became an attorney for the Delaware S

James Knox Polk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Knox Polk: was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as Speaker of the House (1835–1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841). P